22 GREEN LIGHT FOR WELSH HIGHLAND - BUT THE WAITING MUST CONTINUE - NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL. At last - the verdict on the bid to rebuild the original Welsh Highland Railway Route.

30 FLYING SCOTSMAN: THE MACHINE TO SPAN THE MILLENNIUM - NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL. Through exclusive interviews with owner Dr Tony Marchington and project leader David Ward, Peter Kelly outlines the remarkable £2.5 million restoration of the world's famous steam locomotive and its headline-grabbing Millennium trip.

36 STEAMING INTO BARRY CENTURY - In the coming weeks one of three locomotives will become the 100th to return to steam after being rescued from Barry scrapyard. Will it be either of the two Standard 4 tank engines on the Bo'ness & Kinneil or Swanage railways, or GWR 4-6-0 Kinlet Hall?

49 WIN YOUR OWN LIVE STEAM GWR AUTO TRAIN! - Heritage Railway gives readers the chance to win not only a live steam engine - but a complete TRAIN! We've joined forces with locomotive builder Winson Engineering of Daventry to offer a magnificent £6,000 5in gauge GWR COLLETT 1400 class AUTO TANK - AND TRAILER - just like the South Devon Railway train on our cover.

50 CARRIAGE & WAGON DEPT: AND NOW FOR A GREAT CENTRAL TRAIN! - A new trust has been formed to log, acquire and restore items of rolling stock from the original Great Central Railway. Also, a look at the surviving O4s in Australia.

64 WHISKY GALORE! - The Keith & Dufftown Railway is set to become Britain's most northerly heritage line. Robin Jones reports from Dufftown, the whisky capital of the world.

76 BETWEEN TODAY AND YESTERDAY: NO CHANGE FOR THE GLOS WARKS - In association with publisher The Nostalgia Collection, we look at our heritage lines in the days of steam and diesel traction under British Railways and compare the scenes with those of today.

82 RAILWAYANA - In a special introduction to a regular column, Colin Tyson looks at the world of collecting railway relics and memorabilia.